SOC 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Industrial Society, Mass Media
1 Oct 2012
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Who own/produces the space in which we live our lives-continues to be the primary force defining popular culture today. With social activity strongly tied to work and both work and leisure still strongly influenced by the traditions and rhythms of the agricultural economy. Negative side: the conservative and traditional nature of recreational activities allowed only occasional ritual challenges to social authority and tended to emphasize social solidarity over individual pleasure or inclination. Traditional recreation: with its strong emphasis on blood sports, reflected the hardship and brutality of farm laborer"s lives-brutality enacted most violently on animals. The 1835 ban against football in the streets was one minor event in a succession of restrictions of communal space by state of private interests happening in conjunction with changes associated with the developing capitalist economy. Beyond the significance of the loss of these specific activities was the severing of vital link between agricultural work and recreation.
